EXCLUSIVE:
How many short films ever boasted this kind of star
wattage? RatPac Entertainment is producing a short
being directed by Martin Scorsese that will be used
as a campaign for Melco-Crown Entertainment (MCE),
Lawrence Ho and James Packers global resorts
and casino brand.

They
got the best cast for a casino-themed film since Steven
Soderbergh was making the Oceans Eleven films:
Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. The
script was written by Wolf Of Wall Street scribe and
Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter. RatPacs
Brett Ratner and RSAs Jules Daly are producing
and Packer and Ho are executive producing.

The
film will premiere next year at the opening of Melco-Crowns
newest movie-themed resort Studio City in Macau, the
big gambling mecca that is now part of China. Its
the first time De Niro, Pitt and DiCaprio have worked
with Martin Scorsese together in the same film.

DiCaprio
has done five with Scorsese, and De Niro eight, but
none together until now. De Niro and DiCaprio did
This Boys Life back in 1993, with De Niro so
impressed by the kid that he suggested to his pal
Scorsese that he ought to meet DiCaprio. The two met
and hit it off pretty well. Maybe this convergence
with Pitt is a good warmup for that Frank Sinatra
film Scorsese and DiCaprio have been talking about?